General Q & A

26888 topics in this forum

1. Layout page, text size

   By ndfdesign, March 30, 2018
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   • Chopsaw
   • March 30, 2018

2. When I export my plan to a stl, I get this weird triangular structure in one of the rooms.

   By specop, August 27, 2018
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   • Kbird1
   • August 27, 2018

3. Collapse all in Library Browser

   By mborean, August 6, 2019
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   • glennw
   • August 6, 2019

4. CBS wall type questions

   By PMMully, July 10, 2020
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   • PMMully
   • July 10, 2020

5. Resizing Grab Bars

   By ACADuser, October 23, 2020
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   • ACADuser
   • October 23, 2020

6. Auto Double Bridging

   By Chris568, January 24, 2021
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   • Chopsaw
   • January 24, 2021

7. Isolated items in framing perspective views.

   By Jonathan3891, July 29, 2022
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   • Jonathan3891
   • August 1, 2022

8. Exterior wall surface

   By nsheppard, April 26, 2023
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   • nsheppard
   • April 27, 2023

9. Adjust Truss Cantilever for Irregular Exterior Walls

   By Drew-PRH, May 21, 2023   

   • cantilever
   • truss cantilever
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   • Drew-PRH
   • June 1, 2023

10. Do you typically include an excavation plan in Chief?

    By cbucks, February 8, 2024
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    • Ed_Orum
    • February 9, 2024

11. Does anyone know if you can use Enscape with Chief?

    By emily_kohn, November 22, 2024
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    • Renerabbitt
    • November 22, 2024

12. Manual roof plane not seating roof rafter on top plate

    By SkyTree-Greg, December 3, 2025
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    • SkyTree-Greg
    • December 3, 2025

13. Center Line Assistance

    By brctoddkoz, December 29, 2014
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    • simonas
    • December 30, 2014

14. Combining steel I-beam joist with timber joist

    By MBagshaw, May 26, 2016   

    • Framing joists
    • I-beam
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    • glennw
    • May 26, 2016

15. Schedule Text Size

    By olyconstruction, October 21, 2016
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    • Chopsaw
    • October 21, 2016

16. Is there a way to make the dimension lines thinner and lighter?

    By Rytikom25, August 27, 2018
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    • Kbird1
    • August 27, 2018

17. Stumped! (and tired after a VERY Hard Crash)

    By Cheryl_C_Crane, November 11, 2019
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    • mtldesigns
    • November 13, 2019

18. roof transition

    By Hammer7, June 19, 2020
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    • Hammer7
    • June 22, 2020

19. Ways to account for dimensions off exterior walls only?

    By PMMully, July 10, 2020
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    • PMMully
    • July 10, 2020

20. Roofing Materials Schedule

    By BeachHouse1, December 9, 2020
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    • Chopsaw
    • December 9, 2020

21. Open lath siding

    By DianeP, January 3, 2021
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    • DianeP
    • January 3, 2021

22. Locking Parts Of Framing

    By Ed_Orum, February 10, 2021
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    • ShaneK
    • February 10, 2021

23. PDF Import, Poor Resolution

    By JeffMDesignDraft, May 6, 2021
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    • BenMerritt
    • May 6, 2021

24. Deleting materials from material library

    By BlueEyeInteriors, September 6, 2021
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    • DzinEye
    • September 6, 2021

25. Addition to home

    By felixfl, February 14, 2022
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    • SNestor
    • February 14, 2022